YP had a great time at their first event of 2024! Thank you to everyone that came out. A special thank you goes out to SPC Credit Union for hosting and Gracelyn Rast Photography for doing our headshots!
Stay tuned for information on their February event!
You better have your calendars marked for April 4, 5 & 6 to attend the Florence Food & Wine events.
Details will start rolling out soon and ticket sales will begin on February 1st!
Stay tuned for everything Florence Food & Wine because you won’t want to miss a thing.
And, check out the brand new website, www.florencewineandfood.com
The Doctors Bruce and Lee Library will be offering a series of exhibits and programs to celebrate Black History Month. These programs are free and open to the public. For information and to register, call (843) 413-7074
The Library is located at 509 South Dargan Street, Florence, South Carolina.
For more information, click here.
The Florence Chamber invites area business leaders to participate in an important, ongoing survey of business conditions in the state – the Palmetto Business Barometer. The survey measures business conditions and attitudes over time with an emphasis on behaviors to better understand the conditions South Carolina employers are facing and to inform the public about the state’s economy and workforce.
The Palmetto Business Barometer survey is a product of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce. The SC Chamber manages the Palmetto Business Barometer survey and DEW analyzes the data to identify how business conditions, needs and expectations are changing.
You can check out previous data results here: https://www.scchamber.net/index.php?src=gendocs&srctype=detail&id=57
Click here to get started sharing your business information.
Last week, the Junior Leadership Florence County Class of 2023-2024 enjoyed Business and Industry Day as they learned more about what Florence has to offer. The day started at QVC Fulfillment Center, where the students received a facility tour and gained insight on what it is like to work in inventory management. The day continued at Honda of South Carolina where the group toured the manufacturing plant, heard from engineers, and enjoyed lunch. After a quick stop at Buc-ee’s, the day ended with a behind-the-scenes tour of the Florence Center, where students learned of entertainment and event planning opportunities.
During their Business and Industry Session, the Junior Leadership Florence County Class of 2023-2024 was presented with funding from Duke Energy, one of the sponsors who makes this program possible. A huge thank you to Duke Energy for your continued support of this prestigious program that encourages growth in Florence County.
Erinn Rowe, Executive Director of Harvest Hope Food Bank was the Chambers’ radio guest on ChamberLink Radio this past weekend.
You can catch the conversation with each Sunday from 12:00-12:30pm on LIVE 95.3FM in Florence, SC.
This radio program is brought to you by the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce.
The Carolina Career Fair is coming up this Thursday, January 25th from 11:00 am – 3:00pm at Staybridge Suites (150 Westpark Drive, Florence)! This is your chance to meet face to face with Pee Dee region residents who are looking and ready to work!
To view the full flyer, click here.
The Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce has announced that Interim Florence City Manager, Scotty Davis and Florence County Administrator, Kevin Yokim will be the speakers at the Chambers 2024 Winter Legislative & Community Breakfast on February 23rd.
This breakfast is an informational community gathering held twice each year. Topics range from state and local representatives providing legislative updates to local concerns centered on community safety, healthcare, and education.
The 2024 February breakfast will be a Florence City and County Update. Kevin Yokim and Scotty Davis will provide reviews and updates on what is happening now and what to expect in the out years that will impact our way of life here in Florence and other communities in Florence County.
The doors will open at 7:30am and the program begins at 7:50am. Tickets are $225 for a reserved table or $25 for individual registration. There will be no tickets or registration available at the door.
To register, click here.
Last Thursday, Governor Henry McMaster joined Speaker of the House Murrell Smith (R-Sumter), Senate President Thomas Alexander (R-Oconee), and leaders from the South Carolina Technical College System, Clemson University, and the University of South Carolina (USC) to sign a statewide transfer agreement between the state’s sixteen technical colleges and the two Public Research Universities that attempts to refine the transfer process and strengthen the seamless transfer of credits from technical colleges to Clemson and USC.
Specific details of the agreement include:
To read more, click here.
Earlier this week before the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce’s annual legislative session kickoff event, Business Speaks, the SC Chamber released its annual Competitiveness Agenda which details the business community’s top legislative priorities as the 2024 session begins.
The Competitiveness Agenda, developed annually, consists of policies impacting job creators and businesses from varying industries and regions across the state. The South Carolina Chamber board approved the 2024 Competitiveness Agenda after conducting extensive grassroots outreach to hear directly from business leaders throughout S.C. about what their top challenges are in the current business climate. The SC Chamber team engaged with nearly 900 local business leaders from over 40 local chambers during the organization’s 26-stop Grassroots Tour, which helped formulate the 2024 Competitiveness Agenda.
The five areas indicated by business leaders that they would like the General Assembly to focus on during the 2024 legislative session are:
The full details of the SC Chamber’s 2024 Competitiveness Agenda can be viewed here.
